Hasp lock



C. L. BELL HASP LOCK. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 20, I920.

Patented Oct. 31, 1922.

lNYENTDE.

Patented 3i, I922.

narrate stares CLINTON L. BELL, 0F DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

HAS? LOCK.

Application filed December 20, 1920. Serial No. 431,857.

doors which swing or which slide, and re versible for right or left.

The invention has for a further object to provide a hasp-lock for sliding or swinging doors, including latching means which will automatically lock the door closed, and arranged to be released from the inside as well as the outside of the door. The hasp-plate and keeper plate being arranged to receive pad-lock when it is desired to employ other and permanent locking means to the latching means.

A further object of the invention is to make the several elements of the look from stamped metal, which insures a more rigid and lasting construction and provides a lock of the character referred to which may be manufactured at very low cost.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention comprises certain new and useful details of construction and arrangement of parts which will be fully described here in, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out more specifically in the appended claims.

In describin my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, wherein like charac ters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved hasp-lock, the hasp plate and keeper plate being separated to show them in unattached relation;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, except the parts are in locked relation, the position they would be in when the door is closed;

Fig. 3 is a cross-section as the same would appear if taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section view of the parts as the same would appear when in the position shown in Fig. 2, and

Fig.5 is a cross-section as the same would appear if taken on the line 5-5 of F ig. 4:.

A designates what may be termed a swinglng or a sliding door of a barn or outbuilding, and B the door jam. I am not concerned as to the character of the swinging or sliding door, as the lock is constructed for adaptation to either type and will accommodate itself to either and the parts guided to locking position even though the door may have sagged some. Further, the latching parts are protected against the weather so as to prevent rusting, and they are arranged to be operated from the inside as well as the outside of the door, and so guarded as to prevent the unlatching thereof by horses or other animals.

1 designates the hasp-plate and 2 the keeper plate. The plate 1 is preferably bolted to the door A by bolts 3, 4: and 5, each of which pass through slots 6 in said hasp plate to allow for adjustment and regulation of the hasp plate on the door. The bolts 4% and 5 also serve to secure a cover plate 7 to the inside face of the door A, and said plate has an opening 8 for the insertion of the lingers therethrough and into an opening 9 through the door, into which projects a pin 10, which also projects through a slot 11 in the hasp plate 1, and connected in a manner to be described with a latch member 12. The plate 2 is preferably attached to the door jam B by means of the screws 13.

The hasp plate 1 and the keeper plate 2 are preferably stamped metal parts. The plate 1 comprising a long narrow rectangular strip which is secured to the door with a part thereof projecting beyond the front edge thereof, and the end of such projected portion is wedge shape, as at 14, and such wedge portion is bent outwardly at a suitable inclination from the main body of the plate, as shown. Said wedge portion is provided with an opening 15 therethrough. The keeper plate 2 is formed with the fiat body portion 16, the upper and lower edges of which are formed with outwardly bent flanges 17 which converge from the edge of the plate coincident with the edge of the door jam to the main body of said plate, or to a point where said plate is bent outwardly at a suitable inclination, as at 18, being similar to the portion 14 of the hasp plate, the edges of said inclined portion 18 of said keeper plate being turned inwardly toward the jam, as at 19 providing a brace when the hasp plate and keeper plate are forcibly brought together, and also forming a shed over which harness from a h orse may slip in the event of any harness catching thereon as the horse goes into the barn, and thereby prevent breaking of the harness or stripping cit of the keeper plate. The inclined portion 18 of said keeper plate has an opening 20 therethro ugh, with, which. the opening 15 of the ha-sp platewill coincide when the door Ais closed, and a pad lockC, dotted lines Fig, tinay be, passed through both said plates-for the'purpose of affording a more permanent lock for the hasp, should it be desired to usesuch; aflock at any time. The fiat body portion 16 of the keeper plate 2 overlies' 'a recess 21 inthejam which, as shown, opens out ,of the edge of said'jam, and the plate'2, has a slot 22 cut thereinfrom; the edge'of said plate, The

lower shouldered seat 24 receives the latch member. I'preiter to provide'a guard plate 25 forthe upper beveled edge 23 andupper shouldered seatf2l, thesam e' being'secured in place by one of the screws '13,: see F 1.

The function of the guard 25 :will be more fully explained. I

The latchm'ember 12 is alsopreferably a stamped plate and is formed with fianges26 which are bent lba'ckagainst each other to provide a rib 27 e itending Ilaterallyffrom the body of the latch to provide an engaging. means by which the latchmay be manipulated from the outside of the door. The pin 10 previously referred'to, by Ineansof which the latch may be'manipulated from the inside of the door is first passed throughan opening in the main body of the latch. betweenthefianges 26, when they are bent back to form the rib 27, in the manner. seen in Fig. 3, which will also serve to secure the pin to the saidlatch member. The member 12 has a pivotal connection at 28, at one end,

to the plate 1 and its forward or operating end has a transverse slot 29 therethrough which may move up and down on a pin 30,

secured to the plate 1, permitting a limited up and down oscillatory movement of said latch member. The end of the] latch memher is bent inwardly at right angles andis formed with the preferabl-y'arrow shaped head 31 at the end of a reduced neck por tion 32, The head and neck providing shoulders 33. The bent end of the latch beingpreferably embossed, as at 34; to lcnd the necessary strength to the latch to meet the end thrust, if any, particularly when the lock isused on a sliding door, The head 31 of the latch operates in a vertically, disposed slot 35 in the plate land when the plate 1 and platev2are brought into engaging relation, 'saidhead also operates in the slot 22 in the plate 2. 36 designates on open bottom housing preferably secured byscrews 37 to the hasp plate 1, in a'manner, as shown, to cover the latch 12 and protect it against snow and sleet and alsotovpro vide a pull; for the hasp and the door.

Normallythelatch 12. assumes the position shown inFigs. 1 and 2, with the p1n30 in theupperend of the slot29 inthelatch member 12, into which position ,the. latch; member will ordinarily, gravitate. Assuming no w that the deviceds attached, to asliding door, as the door is moved to, ,a closed position, against the jam the wedgeshaped end 14 of the plate 1 is guidedtoposition on, the plate 2 by means ,of the, conyergiir'v flanges 17;on ,said plate 2; .the,head 31 or the latch entering the opening onrecess 21 in thejam and ,the slot 22 in saidplate 2,, the neck32 of the head of thelatch. riding up over the lqwerbeveled, edge ,23.otf"the wall ofthe slot 22 until it drops int'o. the" shouldered seat 24 which will hold the meme ber 12 against'endwiseimovement until the 5 latclnhas been lifted, either by engagement] with'the rib 27 on the outside, or by 'engagement withthe pin 10 through theo'pjeningf Qinthe door from theinside. fAssuming, that lithe deviceisattached to a swinging oo door, as'the door reaches its closedposition the wedge shaped emlof said. plate' l will seat itself between the flanges 17 on the, plate 2, andthe beveled OIRLI'IOW shaped end 31;, of the latch will ride up and over. the lowered sheulderedfseat24jinjthe slot 23- in I 1 22 untll'the heu er- 3ivi1l gas back 'of the shoulder 24k to automatically 100k fp fi i lesed. P sit on, fr m ich position the' latch may be removedin the 1 same, ma

nner described for unlatching on a slidingtloor.

Referring nowto the guard plate 25 this plate will prevent accidental engagement of the head Bl' of the member 12 with the 5 upper shouldered seat 24gon the pla'te 2,j

when the door is closed, momentarily holld d g e door; c sed and ad e'l t Person who closed the door to believe it had latched,

when upon leaving the d'oor the latch might 'go drop and at the same time the door be pushed or blown open lettingstock orother animals, escape from the building The guard will prevent,such mistakes occur-ring;-

Whilef ha mad meets t h nction ofthe. slots 6 toradjustmentand regu{ lation of the hasp pl'atelon door, it is also understoo'd that the sl otls allow fer, the sagging ofthe door, in case it should sag. While lit ishere shown possible totake care of.

sagging of the door, sagging, will not interfere with the free action of the latch, and it is possible in the event of sagging for some 01": the weight of the door to find support by the resting of the lower edge of the hasp, plate 1, on the lower flange 17 of the plate 2.

In view 01 the fact that the screws 13, holding the plate 2, are covered by the plate when the door is closed, and the nuts for the bolts, 3, 4, and 5, are on the inside of the door, when the padlock C is used, there is little possibility that ingress could be made to the building without cutting away some of the metal parts.

Attention is also called to the fact that the lower edge of the housing is flared or bell shaped, which not only increases the strength of the housing, but makes it more convenient to open with a glove or mitten on the hand.

1V hat I claim is 2-- 1. In a lock of the character described, in combination, a' hasp plate attachable to a sliding or a swinging door, a keeper plate attachable to a door jam, means on the keeper plate to seat the hasp plate thereon when the door is closed, and a latch member pivoted to said hasp plate and having an engaging end for a locking relation with said keeper plate when sliding or swinging into engagement therewith.

2. In a lock of the character described, in combination, a hasp plate attachable to a sliding'or a swinging door and having a wedge shaped angularly bent end with an opening therethrough, a keeper plate attachable to a door j am and having an angularly bent portion to correspond with and receive the angular bent end of the hasp plate and provided with an opening therethrough, such openings in said plates being for the reception of a key locking means, and a latch member pivoted to said hasp plate and having an engaging end for a locking relation with said keeper plate when sliding or swinging into engagement therewith.

3. In a lock of the character described, in combination, a hasp plate attachable to a sliding or a swinging door and having a wedge shaped angularly bent end with an opening therethrough, a keeper plate attachable to a door jam and having an angularly bent portion to correspond with and receive the angular bent end of the hasp plate and provided with an opening therethrough, such openings in said plates being for the reception of a key locking means on the keeper plate to seat the hasp plate therein when the door is closed, and a latch member pivoted to said hasp plate and having an engaging end for a locking relation with said keeper plate when sliding or swinging into engagement therewith.

4. In a lock of the character described, in combination, a hasp plate attachable to a sliding or a swinging door and provided with a slot, a keeper plate attachable to a door j am and provided with a slot having opposite beveled walls terminating in shouldered seats, and a latch member pivoted to said hasp plate, said member having a shouldered and tapered head operating in the slot in said hasp plate and adapted to have a sliding or swinging engagement with the walls of the slot in said keeper plate to automatically lock the door as it is closed.

5. In a lock of the character described, in combination, a hasp plate attachable to a sliding or a swingable door and provided with a slot, a keeper plate attachable to a door jam and provided with a slot having opposite beveled walls terminating in shouldered seats, means on the keeper plate to seat the hasp plate thereon when the door is closed, a latch member pivoted to said hasp plate and having an angularly bent head operating in the slot in said hasp plate, said head formed with a shoulder for locking relation with the walls of the slot in said keeper plate, engaging means permitting the operation of said latch from the inside and the outside of the door, and an open bottom housing covering said latch member and serving as a pull for the door.

6. In a lock of the character described, in combination, a hasp plate, a keeper plate having guiding means to seat the hasp plate thereon and also provided with a slot having a beveled wall terminating in a shouldered seat, a latch member pivoted to said hasp plate and having a shouldered head arranged for a sliding relation with the beveled wall of the keeper plate slot and to latch the parts.

7. In a lock of the character described, in combination, a hasp plate formed with a wedge shape slotted angularly bent end, a keeper plate formed with guiding means to seat the hasp plate thereon,'and with a slotted angularly bent portion and a slot the walls of which are beveled and terminate in shouldered seats, the slotted angularly bent portions of said plates adapted to receive a key locking means, a latch member formed with a rib and having a shouldered head for locking engagement with the wall of the slot in said keeper plate, and a cover plate for said member.

8. In a lock of the character described, in combination, a hasp plate, a keeper plate formed with upper and lower conveying flanges to guide and seat said hasp plate and provided with a slot having beveled walls terminating in shouldered seats, a guard plate to cover one of said beveled walls and shouldered seats, and a pivoted latch member arranged for engagement with the walls of the slot in said keeper plate.

9. In a lock of the character described, in combination, a hasp plate attachable to a door and having a pair of slots, a keeper plate attachable to a door jam having guiding meansfto seat the hasp plate and formed With latch receiving S1Gt,'a/la1t(}h memberpivoted to said hasp plate and having flanges nisagaao the door, ahead on said member for look- 10 ing engagement with *the Wall of the slot in said keeper'plate; means to limit th'e'move ment of said-meinbei", and an open bottom housing covering said latch member.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed 15 my-hand and seal this 14th day of December, 1920.

CLINTON L. BELL. 11.3. 

